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2021 – 2026
MANIFESTO
MAKING EVERY ZAMBIAN COUNT
Continuity for a Prosperous, Peaceful,
Manifesto Stable and
of the Patriotic an 2021-2026
Front all Inclusive Zambia
1
Making Every Zambian Count
Manifesto of the
Patriotic Front Party
2021-2026
Copyright © Patriotic Front, 2021
All Rights Reserved
Secretariat of the Patriotic Front Party,
For address use the following:
Plot 1652 Cnr. Panganani/ Lumumba Road, Lusaka
Phone: +260 211 237 256, Cell: +260 977 651 622, or +260 977 651 396.
Fax +260 211 237256.
Email: pfheadquarterszambia@gmail.com/pf@zamnet.zm.
Website: www.patriotic-front.com/
RECOGNISING THE SUPREMACY AND FAITHFULNESS OF GOD ALMIGHTY
Contents
Foreword II
Acknowledgments v
Vision, Mission, Core Values and Guiding Principles vi
Chapter 1: Democracy and Good Governance 1
Chapter 2: The Economy and the Financial Sector 4
Chapter 3: Youth Empowerment 8
Chapter 4: Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality 10
Chapter 5: Climate Change Management 12
Chapter 6: Agriculture 14
Chapter 7: Land Resource Management 20
Chapter 8: Mines and Mineral Resources Development 22
Chapter 9: Energy Development 24
Chapter 10: Water Resource Management 29
Chapter 11: Commerce, Trade and Industry 31
Chapter 12: Forestry and Wildlife 34
Chapter 13: Tourism Development 37
Chapter 14: Infrastructure and Housing Development 39
Chapter 15: Transport sector Development 43
Chapter 16: Information Communication Technologies 47
Chapter 17: Sports and Recreation 49
Chapter 18: Creative Arts Development 51
Chapter 19: Labour Productivity and Industrial Relations 52
Chapter 20: Persons with Disabilities 54
Chapter 21: Education Development 57
Chapter 22: Science, Technology and Research 59
Chapter 23: The Health Sector 62
Chapter 24: Social Security and Senior Citizens’ welfare 65
Chapter 25: Street Children and Street Adults 67
Chapter 26: National Security 69
Chapter 27: International Cooperation and Foreign Relations 72
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 i
Foreword I wish to thank you, the people of Zambia, for having elected the Patriotic Front (PF) in 2011, in 2015 and again in 2016. Your votes have transformed Zambia. Within nine years of the PF Government, Zambia has experienced unprecedented transformational development. Zambia is now better than it was in the 47 years under previous administrations. I am pleased to report that we have fulfilled the campaign promises we made to make Zambia a better place than we found it. We have consolidated our Democratic Governance and promoted Peace in our Nation. We began with an ambitious programme of strengthening our economy and improving the lives of our people by rolling out a huge infrastructure programme that has covered economic and social sectors. The major infrastructure programmes are well known and are visible countrywide. They include roads, bridges, hospitals, clinics, education institutions, energy installations, agricultural facilities, water development schemes and housing projects. ii Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026
In addition we have created 44 new districts that have become on-going
infrastructure development hubs meant to serve as centres of rural
development. These unprecedented undertakings created employment
and wealth-creation opportunities for our people. We fulfilled our pledge of
putting more money in people’s pockets by introducing the minimum wage,
increasing the tax-free threshold and doubling the salaries of civil servants
in 2012.
The successes we have scored, the lessons we have learnt and the
knowledge and experience we have acquired make us better-placed to move
the country to even greater heights. I therefore, appeal for your continued
support.
I now beseech you to read this manifesto and familiarize yourselves with
what we plan to do for you and for Zambia in the next five years. The plans
in this manifesto are a culmination of the extensive consultations we have
conducted with different members of society, both in rural and urban areas.
These include: Traditional Authorities; Faith-based Organizations, Civil
Society Organizations, Business Associations, Professional Associations,
Academia, Civil Servants, the Labour Movement, the Farming Community,
Zambians in the Diaspora, university and college students, sportsmen and
women, artists, youth and women groups, people with disabilities and other
marginalized groups.
As this manifesto has been developed during the COVID-19 pandemic
which has stifled economic growth worldwide, it contains measures to fight
it. The focus in the medium-term will be on containing the spread of the virus,
mitigating the effects of the pandemic and restoring macroeconomic stability
as well as promoting growth. Our priority will be to move towards attaining
fiscal fitness and restoring debt sustainability, dismantling domestic arrears
and safeguarding social protection spending. In the meantime we have
rolled out several stimulus packages mainly to provide relief for Zambian
businesses, faith based organisations, women, youths’ and artists in addition
to other empowerment measures.
This manifesto builds on or past achievements and on lessons learnt and
is based on our new vision of “A modern, industrialized and peaceful
Zambia where people live in harmony, and access the fruits of inclusive
development.” We are committed to grow our economy and to meet the
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 iii
needs of the Zambian people through self-reliance, notwithstanding the prevailing negative effects of the COVID-19 and other natural disasters such as droughts and flash floods. Our major priority shall be to ensure that both human and material resources continue to be made available for Zambians to have good health during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The main focus of our economic pillars will be to ensure food security, sustainable livelihoods of the vulnerable, increased ownership of the economy and land by Zambians, affordable cost of living, increased revenues from our natural resources, job and wealth creation that will benefit mainly the youths and women. The priority sectors shall be diversified agriculture (fisheries, livestock, and cash crops); mining (gold, cobalt, manganese and emeralds); energy- to end load shedding; land and natural resources; education and skills development as well as youth and women empowerment programmes. In the medium term this manifesto shall dovetail with the Economic Recovery Programme which I launched on 17th December, 2020 under the theme “Restoring Growth and Safeguarding Livelihoods through Macroeconomic Stability, Economic Diversification and Debt Sustainability”. This manifesto is a new contract with you, my fellow citizens. We can achieve all the campaign pledges in this manifesto if we work together for the only Zambia which is our heritage. We have to be patriotic and depend on ourselves. With dedication and hard work, we will get there. With God on our side, all things are possible. Patriotism, dedication, resilience, innovation and hard work must be our developmental agenda for the attainment of the Zambia we want. It is our God-given responsibility to build and leave for future generations, a better Zambia than the one we inherited from our forefathers. We should all rise to the occasion of developing our country in honouring the supremacy and faithfulness of the Almighty God, through whose providential goodness we remain One Zambia, One Nation. May the Grace of God continue to flow across the whole country and to touch each one of us. Edgar Chagwa Lungu President – Patriotic Front Party iv Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026
Acknowledgments
I wish to place on record the appreciation of
the leadership of the PF to all members of the
party both new and old for their invaluable
contributions in developing it into the party
of choice nationwide. Our party is an inclusive,
pro-poor party which has representations
from all parts of the country. The PF is a tested
party with a proven record of success. It is one
that has already demonstrated its ability to
deliver.
This manifesto has been inspired by the
leadership of His Excellency the President
and the Central Committee of the party. It is
a product of in-depth consultations involving
the various organs of our party especially the
sub-committees of the Central Committee. It
has drawn from the experiences we have acquired over the years of running the
intricacies of government.
The process has been guided by the Central Committee and managed by a well
experienced and very dynamic Technical Committee comprising of members
representing a wide spectrum of academic qualifications and versatile skills
and rich socio economic and political backgrounds with wide experience in the
operations of Government, International Organisations, the Civil Society and the
Private Sector. I wish to thank them for their dedication and commitment.
I now urge all members of the party to read and internalise the manifesto as it
conveys a very clear message on the way forward.
Honourable Davies Mwila
Secretary General – Patriotic Front Party
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 v
Recognising the Supremacy and
Faithfulness of God Almighty
Vision, Mission, Core Values
and Guiding Principle
Vision:
A modern, industrialized peaceful and united Zambia where people live in
harmony, and access benefits of inclusive development.
Mission:
To run a democratic government with opportunities to make every Zambian
count, especially the youth, women and persons with disabilities.
Core Values
• Patriotism
• Integrity
• Dedication to duty
• Zero tolerance for corruption, tribalism and
violence
• Respect for cultural and traditional values
• Respect for the Rule of Law
• Respect for Human Rights
Guiding Principle
Making every Zambian count
vi Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026Picture By Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse.
Chapter 1
President Edgar Lungu releases a Dove at the National Prayer, Fasting & Reconciliation at the
showgrounds in Lusaka.
Democracy and Good Governance
The PF believes that democracy offers governance dividends which
include: wide political participation in national affairs; broad-based political
participation in the selection of leaders; respect for civil and political liberties;
transparency and accountability in the running of national affairs; and
adherence to the Rule of Law.
The Patriotic Front is committed to democracy and good governance. Central
to this commitment is our guiding principle: “Making every Zambian count”.
We genuinely cherish the ideal that democracy is participatory. This is the
reason why from our founding as a political movement two decades ago,
we have operated within a framework of democracy and good governance
anchored on people-centered and people driven decision-making structures
that extend from the grassroots to the national leadership. Over the years,
we have observed and we shall continue to observe the following tenets:
• People Centred and People Focussed: All development processes
being anchored on and driven by the people of Zambia: the women,
youth and men being the reason for the being of the Nation.
• Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law: The doctrine of
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 1Constitutionalism requires that both the governors and the governed
observe and uphold the Rule of Law and that laws evolve to meet the
demands of a dynamic society and reflect the dynamic will of the people.
In line with this doctrine, the PF shall continue implementing legal reforms
aimed at addressing emerging issues and challenges concerning
democracy, good governance and the Rule of Law. In the same vein,
the PF Government remains resolute in enshrining the people’s social,
economic and cultural rights in the Republican Constitution.
• Separation of Powers: The PF shall remain committed to the principle
of effective checks and balances among the Legislature, the Executive
and the Judiciary.
• Access to Justice for All: The PF Government recognises that for
sustainable human development to occur, people must have easy access
to justice. In this regard the PF Government shall work towards providing
adequate court infrastructure for the superior courts and for Judges and
a High Court in every Provincial Headquarters, a Subordinate court in
every District and a Local Court in every ward. The Judiciary shall be
facilitated to operate electronic case-flow management systems which
link all institutions in the justice system.
• Elections Administration and the Independence of the Electoral
Commission of Zambia: The PF is committed to the holding of legal, free
and fair national elections. It shall continue to uphold the independence
of the Electoral Commission of Zambia.
• Commitment to Political Pluralism: The PF is alive to the fact that
Zambia is a multi-party democracy. The 2016 Constitutional Amendment,
which allows the opposition to have a leader in the House, is a true
testimony of the PF’s commitment to working with the opposition. The
PF will continue to promote inter-party fora.
• Commitment to Decentralization: The PF has prioritized Districts as
centres of development and service delivery and has, thus, increased
the number of Districts, from 72 in 2011, to 116 in 2020. The District
Council is now the engine of all decentralized activity. Power has been
devolved from the District Councils to the wards, making it possible for
the people to participate in decision-making at the local level. The PF
shall establish Township Councils, to improve the management and
efficiency of City and Municipal Councils.
2 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026• Commitment to Public Service Reform: The PF is committed to
improving Public Service systems and enhancing efficiency and
effectiveness through regular training, monitoring and evaluation of
performance.
• Commitment to Partnership with the Church: The PF recognizes
the Church as a key partner in transforming citizens in line with Zambia
being a Christian nation, and in promoting peace, unity and stability.
The pivotal role of the Church in the provision of education, health and
community services in the nation is acknowledged and appreciated. This
recognition and the need to propagate national values motivated the PF
Government to create the Ministry of National Guidance and Religious
Affairs.
• Commitment to Partnership with Traditional Leaders: The PF
recognizes traditional leaders as strategic partners in engendering,
promoting and sustaining national development. The role of the traditional
leadership in maintaining peace and unity is well appreciated. This is
what led the PF to create the Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs.
• Commitment to Media Development and Freedom of the Press:
The PF acknowledges that the media, both print and electronic, are
important contributors to democratic processes and good governance.
The PF is fully committed to promoting and enhancing media freedom
and independence, the protection of media personnel from harassment,
and allowing for self-regulation among media practitioners and media
institutions.
• Cooperation with Civil Society Organizations: The PF recognizes
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as key players in inculcating a culture
of democratic behaviour, good citizenship and promoting development
among citizens and particularly the marginalized. The PF is fully
committed to providing an enabling environment for the operations of
CSOs.
• Commitment to Accountability in the Utilisation of Public Resources:
The PF recognizes its fudiciary duty to the citizens and is committed to
upholding and strengthening its accountability in the utilization of public
resources.
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 3Credit: Zambia Daily Mail
ZAMBIAN Breweries malt plant at Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone
Chapter 2
The Economy and the
Financial Sector
The PF formed Government in September, 2011, with a very clear economic
agenda to make Zambia better. Central to that agenda was large-scale
infrastructure development that has been rolled out across the country in
all sectors of the economy, including: roads; energy; health; education;
transport; communication; water and irrigation infrastructure and housing.
Every province or district in Zambia now bears evidence of the PF’s
unwavering commitment to national development.
As a new Government, the PF inherited the following challenges:
• Dilapidated infrastructure that had not seen a facelift since the 1970s;
• Non-existence of any basic social economic infrastructure in some parts
of the country;
• Insufficient health infrastructure and facilities thereby denying many
Zambians access to health services, especially for rural dwellers;
• Poor and insufficient educational facilities with only three universities
built since independence in 1964;
• Poor road infrastructure, making it difficult to move people and goods to
4 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026markets;
• Inadequate irrigation infrastructure, making farming activities rain-
dependent;
• Inadequate energy generating projects, with the last improvement having
been made in the 1970s despite the population growing from under 5
million to about 18 million people in 2020;
• High youth unemployment that was worsened by the privatization of over
225 state-owned companies in the 1990s;
• Inadequate proper mineral wealth management strategies after
privatization that prevented the country from benefiting from its mineral
wealth, among other problems.
• A very demoralized private and Civil Service workforce, with salary
discrepancies across Government Ministries for the same job levels;
• High bank-lending interest rates, making it impossible for Zambian
businesses to flourish; and
• An economy dominated by non-Zambians.
In order to address the above challenges, the PF Government embarked
on the following:
• Created the Ministry of Planning and established the 7th National
Development Plan;
• Increased the tax-free salary threshold from K 1,000 to K 4,000 and
introduced the minimum wage;
• Implemented various job and wealth-creation initiatives;
• Harmonized salaries for the Civil Service and increased them by 100 %
in 2012;
• Introduced a policy rate which acts as a recommended cost of debt for
lenders in Zambia;
• Created the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), to ensure
effective organization of state-owned enterprises;
• Transformed some non-profit making State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
into viable and profitable entities under the IDC;
• Embarked on economic diversification, to reduce Zambia’s dependence
on copper and cobalt; and
• Initiated the promotion of agricultural diversification.
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 5Going forward, from 2021 the PF Government shall implement the
following:
• Recognising the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastation of the global,
national, household and individual socio-economic well being, the
PF Government’s focus in the medium-term will be on containing the
spread of the virus, investing in robust health security, mitigating the
effects of the pandemic and restoring macroeconomic stability as well
as growth. In addition, priority will be to move towards attaining fiscal
fitness and restoring debt sustainability, dismantling domestic arrears
and safeguarding social protection spending. This will be in addition to
the stimulus packages that have already been rolled out to support
local Zambian businesses in several sectors including the youths and
women as main beneficiary.
• Upscale the contribution of the agricultural sector to GDP;
• Increase the GDP post-Covid-19, through economic diversification;
• Promote Zambian-owned enterprises;
• Embark on a citizen-led industrialization drive aimed at import substitution
and wealth-creation;
• Create a stabilization fund, to cushion the economy against unfavorable
fluctuations in metal prices;
• Diversify foreign exchange reserves by prioritizing gold as a reserve
asset;
• Promote entrepreneurship by making affordable loans available to
Zambians;
• Ensure availability of financial resources for productive sectors of the
economy;
• Recapitalize Zambian-owned Banks and non-Bank financial institutions,
to enhance financial inclusion and reduce interest rates;
• Manage externalization of foreign exchange;
• Fund Government expenditure using proceeds from the sale of mineral
and natural resources, to reduce the fiscal burden on individuals and
companies;
• Maintain low income tax in the agricultural sector, to enhance food
production;
• Consolidate all tax payments made by companies into a single tax, to
reduce the cost of meeting statutory requirements;
• Combine all employee statutory obligations and pay-slip taxes into a
single pay-slip deduction;
• Reduce Government participation in the domestic money and capital
6 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026market, so as to minimize the crowding-out effect;
• Strengthen the prudent use of resources;
• Investigate, and speedily prosecute cases of abuse of public resources
and corruption reflected in the Auditor General’s report;
• Combat corruption through Integrity Committees in all public institutions.
• Prioritize investment tax credits as opposed to tax holidays;
• Create Economic Zones in provinces where they do not exist; and
• Create more Road Tolls throughout the country and eventually abolish
Road Tax.
Increasing Zambians’ Ownership of the Economy
Evidence shows that the participation of Zambians in the national economy
is very low. The participation of Zambians in most sectors such as mining,
finance, construction, real estate and trading, etc., is very minimal.
Going forward, the PF Government shall implement the following:
• Undertake comprehensive review of the Citizen Economic Empowerment
Act and the Zambia Development Agency Act in order to facilitate
empowerment interventions for businesses where a threshold of equity
is owned by citizens.
• Provide incentives for Zambians to set up trading businesses, especially
in townships and rural areas;
• Prioritise Zambians in the award of all Government funded procurements
and construction projects;
• Provide Government support for Zambians in economic areas where
there is a deficit of capital investment, equipment and skills;
• Reserve for Zambians, specific businesses, such as timber logging,
mining of gold, manganese, precious and semi-precious minerals,
trading in live chickens at markets, quarrying, block-making, commercial
cleaning, saloons, barber shops, domestic haulage and local road
transportation;
• Compel foreign-owned supermarkets to stock local products, such as
vegetables, fruits, chickens, pork, fish and beef;
• Introduce a local content allowance for income tax purposes;
• Consolidate empowerment programmes to enhance the participation of
Zambians in the economy; and
• Ensure that land allocation is based on preference to Zambians and on
utilization capacity.
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 7Credit: ZNBC
TEVETA skills training workshop
Chapter 3
Youth Empowerment
Zambia is a youthful population, with approximately 74% being below the age
of 30 years. The PF believes that this huge and energetic human resource
potential requires to be harnessed towards National development. The PF
Government has undertaken the following measures and initiatives aimed at
reducing youth unemployment and promoting wealth creation:
• Launched the National Youth Policy and its accompanying Implementation
Plan whose theme is: “Towards Skilled, Enlightened, Economically
empowered and Patriotic Youth”;
• Launched the Action Plan for Youth Employment and its accompanying
Implementation Plan;
• Implemented empowerment programmes through the Ministries of Youth,
Sport and Child Development, Fisheries and Livestock, Commerce
Trade and Industry and Gender;
• Built trades schools in rural areas and equipped existing ones, to
enhance skills training;
• Created numerous jobs targeting youths, through massive infrastructure
projects and the creation of new Districts; and
• Constructed universities and colleges, to give opportunities to Zambian
8 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026youths to acquire university education and technical skills even in rural areas.
The PF Government has learned vital lessons about job creation for the
youth.
Thus, going forward, it shall continue to prioritize job and wealth
creation for youths, through the following:
• Create opportunities for wealth creation among the youth, through
entrepreneurship and innovation based on merit;
• Upscale resource mobilization to sustain the existing youth empowerment
programmes;
• Create a legal framework to enable youth participation in governance
institutions, such as Parliament, Local Authorities and Boards of State
Owned Enterprises;
• Provide quotas for youth participation in government projects;
• Capacitate the young people with appropriate skills and put in place a
framework that will ensure their participation in the exploitation of the
country’s natural resources;
• Provide practical skills development and entrepreneurship programmes
for youths through Zambia National Service (ZNS);
• Promote youth participation in the creative industries (art, culture and
recreation) as a major source of livelihood;
• Build capacity among youths to enable them to successfully compete in
business and entrepreneurship;
• Make Zambia a 24-hour economy thereby creating 3 shifts to enhance
youth employment;
• Create financial institutions within existing local banks to fund youth
business start-ups;
• Create specific public preferential procurement programs targeting the
purchase of goods and services from youth enterprises;
• Accelerate the Apprenticeship and Internships Programme (AIP) for
school-leavers and graduates from tertiary institutions for them to acquire
work experience;
• Strengthen Provincial Youth Development Offices and decentralize them
to Districts; and
• Establish a monitoring mechanism in the Ministry of Youth, Sport and
Child development, to track implementation of all youth programs.
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 9© picture-alliance / Britta Pedersen/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB
Chapter 4
Women of the Patriotic Front Party celebrating international women’s day
Women’s Empowerment and
Gender Equality
The PF has made history by appointing several women to high offices that
hitherto were monopolized by men in Zambia and elsewhere in Africa. The
first females were appointed in the following high positions: Vice President;
Chief Justice; President of the Constitutional Court; President of the Court
of Appeal; First Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Inspector General of Police;
Director of the Drug Enforcement Commission etc. Women have also been
appointed to hold other senior positions, such as: Judges, Cabinet Ministers,
Permanent Secretaries, District Commissioners, and Ambassadors among
others. The PF Government nominated the first Woman to have been elected
for the position of COMESA Secretary General. The Party also adopted
numerous women as its candidates for Council and Parliamentary Elections.
This historic move signaled the Party’s commitment to promoting the agenda
of Gender Equality to a higher level. This is also in keeping with the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action (1995); the SADC Declaration on Gender
and Development (1997); and the Millennium Declaration and Developmental
Goals (2000); and the SADC Protocol of 50-50 which was adopted by the PF
10 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026Cabinet. The PF believes that Gender equality and the empowerment of
women are fundamental Human rights and are pre-requisite to making every
citizen count as well as for the attainment of sustainable development.
In appreciating, that women empowerment is an important strategy for
overcoming poverty, marginalisation and all other ills that disadvantage
women, the PF Government shall:
• Accelerate the pace for the equitable participation of women in all
structures of governance and the economy;
• Adopt affirmative action to ensure that there is equitable representation
of women in Parliament, Councils, Boards of State Owned Enterprises
and on Commissions;
• Reserve 50% of available land for women while allowing competition
between men and women in the remaining 60%;
• Create financial institutions within existing local banks to fund women
businesses;
• Modernize township and highway markets by providing them with water,
sanitation, health, financial and other services, to make them suitable for
trading, especially by women who are the predominant users of these
facilities;
• Build Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Boarding Schools for girls in rural areas, to promote the girl-child’s
technical education;
• Promote programs around maternal and child health;
• Enhance the observance of legislation on rights of women and children,
such as the Child Code Act, Marriage Act, Sexual Abuse Act, Gender-
based Violence Act, and Divorce Act;
• Domesticate Regional and International Conventions that promote
gender equality.
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 11Credit: World Bank
Part of Eastern Province in Zambia
Chapter 5
Climate Change and
Environmental Management
The PF is deeply concerned about climate change, as it has devastating
effects on sustainable development, causing social and economic
shutdowns and impeding wealth creation and poverty reduction. In Zambia,
climate change has caused droughts and floods which have affected millions
of people countrywide. Since 1960, the mean annual rainfall has been
decreasing. Over the same period, Zambia has been affected by extreme
weather events, including 7 major droughts and 20 major floods.
From 2011, the PF Government set up multi-sectorial institutions and put
in place policies and programmes for the coordination of climate change
interventions spearheaded by the Council of Ministers which is chaired by
the Republican Vice President.
Going forward the PF Government shall:
• Develop new legislation and continue to implement international
agreements and protocols to strengthen coordination and programming
on climate change;
12 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026• Establish the National Climate Fund to finance development programmes;
• Continue to implement climate change resilient programmes and
adaptation preparedness strategies;
• Adopt a policy to build back better any infrastructure that is affected by
climate change;
• Strengthen and decentralize the Zambia Environmental Management
Agency (ZEMA) to all the Districts;
• Ensure that all development projects are tested for their impact on the
climate before being approved for execution;
• Introduce climate change topics in the school curriculum;
• Intensify sensitization programmes on the negative effects of climate
change, how to mitigate its effects, and how to promote sustainable use
of resources;
• Enhance support for research institutions working in developing climate
change resilient strategies and tree varieties and disseminate results
countrywide;
• Strengthen infrastructure and systems for early warning to ensure
preparedness;
• Intensify afforestation and reforestation in all Districts;
• Upscale the conservation of wetlands, rivers, lake basins and canals, to
protect bio-diversity;
• Foster investment in recycling of non-bio-degradable plastics so as to
curtail indiscriminate and hazardous disposal;
• Introduce alternative sources of energy to curtail the utilisation of wood
fuel; and
• Introduce alternative sources of livelihood and income for people living
on charcoal.
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 13President Edgar Chagwa Lungu with his wife Esther Lungu harvesting fish from the backyard fishpond at State lodge
Chapter 6
Agriculture
(Crops, Fisheries, Livestock, Floriculture and Horticulture)
Zambia uses only 15 % of its total arable land for agricultural production.
Notwithstanding this reality, the country under the PF Government has
consistently produced bumper harvests and has guaranteed food security
since 2012. Over the last ten years, the PF Government has pursued the
objective of making agriculture the mainstay of the economy. Currently, it
provides the main source of livelihood for more than 80 % of the population
living in rural parts of the country and employees 70 % of the total labour
force. Investment in agriculture has a larger impact on the alleviation of
poverty than any other sector. The policies that have been implemented
by the PF Government have proven that Zambia is capable of producing
enough agricultural products for domestic consumption and for export. From
the experience that we have had and the lessons learnt, the PF Government
shall upscale its diversification from maize to other cash crops, such as:
cashew nuts; rice, cassava; soya beans; cotton; in addition attention shall be
paid to fisheries and livestock.
The PF Government has injected K 275 million into the Aquaculture Value
chain in 35 Districts in all the Provinces of Zambia. The PF Government
has facilitated the increase in aquaculture fish production to 38,000 metric
tonnes in 2019 from only 5,000 metric tonnes 2016. In addition by 2019 the
14 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026country was producing 196 million fingerlings and 300,000 metric tonnes
of fish feed annually of which 60% is exported. The PF is on the way to
transforming Zambia into a net exporter of fingerlings, fish and fish value-
added products by the year 2022 after addressing the national fish deficit of
40,000 metric tonnes.
The PF Government is determined to achieve a transformed, diversified,
innovative and commercially-oriented agriculture that leads to production,
productivity, industrialization, and enhanced trade and markets. This will lead
to wealth creation, good nutrition, affordable food and decent livelihoods for
all Zambians.
To achieve the above, the PF Government shall prioritize agriculture, by
allocating increased budgetary resources to the sector, in order to address
the following critical areas:
A. Production and productivity
The Patriotic Front will foster the transformation of the sector into of an all-
inclusive, transparent and diversified agricultural sector. To achieve this, the
PF Government shall implement the following:
• Establish an Agricultural Financial Institution to support the agricultural
sector, with a bias toward small scale youths and women farmers;
• Promote the graduation of 100,000 small-holder farmers to commercial
agriculture per year;
• Support 1,000,000 farmers (that cannot commercialize), through social
development programmes of Government;
• Promote enhanced productivity and production of small-scale farmers,
commercial and corporate producers;
• Promote the certification of seedlings and other vegetatively propagated
planting materials;
• Promote commercial production of small livestock (sheep, goats,
chickens, village chickens, guinea fowls) of improved genetics;
• Operationalise acquaculture parks in Rufunsa, Kasempa, Mungwi,
Siavonga, Sinazongwe and Samfya and open new ones to have one per
Province;
• Expand and intensify fish farming among women and youths, to meet
the approximately 40,000 metric tonnes of fish which is in short supply,
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 15create wealth and contribute to nutrition levels;
• Promote wildlife husbandry (game ranching);
• Promote the cultivation of tree crops such as avocados, citrus, mangoes,
cashew nuts, macademia etc
• Promote growing of industrial hemp and cannabis for medicinal purposes;
and
• Institutionalise and promote the certification of livestock breeds, fish
species and breeding programmes.
The PF Government shall implement the following programmes:
1. Farmer Input Support Programme
During the period from 2021 to 2026, the Farmer Input Support Program
(FISP) shall:
• Deliver through the more cost-effective E-Voucher System which allows
for diversification;
• Provide adequate and diverse production assets (inputs) to cover a wide
range of crops, livestock and fisheries, across the country to targeted
farmers with the potential to graduate;
• Expand the network of agro-dealers countrywide; and
• Establish and administer an agriculture loan scheme that enables viable
farmers to grow and graduate to a higher production level. The youths
and women will be especially targeted for this component.
2. Farm Land Empowerment Programme
The PF Government recognizes that land ownership is integral to
enhanced agricultural production and productivity. To support production,
the PF shall by 2024 bring into agricultural use at least 30% of the current
43 million hectares of arable land by:
• Operationalizing the existing farm blocks (100,000ha each), one in each
province. The farm blocks will be developed around anchor farmers who
will link satellite out-growers and other appropriate operating models;
• Encouraging traditional authorities to avail appropriate sizes of land
to farmers, especially the youths and women, in their chiefdoms for
expanded production;
16 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026• Improving production and productivity of land under cultivation by
applying Zambian proven climate-smart, conservation agriculture; and
• Promoting commercial large scale agricultural production and provision
of agricultural services by the Zambia National Service, Correctional
Service, Police Service, and Defense Forces.
3. Irrigation Promotion Programme
Investment in irrigation has been very low, and mostly by commercial and
corporate producers, covering only 200,000 hectares out of a potential of
2.75 million hectares. To address this, the PF Government over the last ten
years has invested in major irrigation dams and schemes, targeting small
scale farmers.
During the period from 2021 to 2026, the PF Government shall:
• Commercialize the operations of the existing dams and irrigation
schemes by involving small-scale farmers;
• Scale-up investment in new public dams and irrigation schemes;
• Rehabilitate existing water schemes, livestock troughs and dams as well
as water canals for agricultural purposes; and
• Promote the use of water harvesting technologies among the private
sector, including damming of streams alongside road infrastructure to
enhance productivity through commercial irrigation.
4. Improved Technologies, Technical Information and Training
The PF Government shall:
• Promote improved technologies to support farmer graduation, innovation
and productivity;
• Scale-up investment in research and development including research
infrastructure and national laboratories for diseases of national
importance for livestock and fisheries and establish cordon lines to
prevent cross-border transmission of diseases;
• Establish the National Artificial Insemination Liquid Nitrogen plant and
satellite Artificial insemination centres;
• Invest in improved livestock breeds through artificial insemination;
• Invest in research and certification of tree crops;
• Promote the establishment of electronic extension and technical
information platforms;
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 17• Increase the number of extension and research staff and scale-up their
training and re-training in livestock, fisheries and crops that include
climate smart curriculum;
• Complete the construction of the University of Zambia School of
Agriculture and scale–up investment to improve the infrastructure of
agriculture training and farm institutions;
• Introduce Veterinary Boxes of frontline drugs at camp level to support
livestock and fisheries production; and
• Eradicate all major animal diseases to unlock livestock production and
economic value of livestock in affected Provinces especially in Western
and Southern Provinces.
5. Mechanization Programme
The hand hoe-based production system has been a major hindrance to
increased land cultivation, production and productivity. With enhanced
technology and investment, Zambia has the potential to become the regional
food basket and supplier of other agricultural products. To achieve this
position, the PF Government shall:
• Encourage lending for the acquisition of agricultural tools and equipment,
to support land cultivation;
• Support appropriate mechanization, including animal draught power,
with the necessary tools to match the various levels of producers;
• Re-initiate government breeding of draught animals (oxen and donkeys),
for onward distribution to areas of need;
• Increase the availability of tractors, from one tractor per 50,000 farmers
to one tractor per 5,000 farmers;
• Promote the use of tillers, especially among women and youths, to
increase production and productivity;
• Capacitate the Defence Forces, the Correctional and Police Services,
with farmland preparation and development services, pest control
services, and agricultural machinery for extension to farmers;
• Incentivise private sector investment in the assembly and production of
appropriate agricultural tools and equipment; and
• Incentivise leasing arrangements for agricultural equipment and tools.
B. Agricultural Industrialization and Value Addition
Agricultural industrialization and value addition are critical in spurring
18 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026production and enhancing exports, creating employment and business
opportunities for all Zambians.
The PF Government shall establish the Small Agro-Processing Development
Organization to promote and support the development of the following agro-
industries by Zambians:
• Leather, wool, and skin industry for livestock, birds, crocodile, snake and
fish, etc’;
• Horns and hooves, to cover ornaments, glue, tooth picks, spoons, etc;
• Industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis;
• Fruit processing and preservation; and
• Feed and nutrition for livestock and fisheries.
C. Trade and markets
The PF Government will ensure the optimal combination of safeguarding
national food security and promoting exports. Trade and market policies
will be focused on promoting a whole spectrum of agricultural commodities
including livestock, fisheries, crops and associated by-products.
In order to support an effective, predictable, diversified and efficient
market for agricultural products, the PF Government shall:
• Develop a Crop Marketing and Export Policy;
• Develop agro-industrial zones and upscale agricultural processing
centres, milk processing centres, aquaculture parks, cold chains
(refrigeration from source to market), aggregation centres and milling
plants, to reduce-post harvest losses. Some of these shall be located
at the solar hammer mills that have been established throughout the
country;
• Strengthen Agricultural Market Information Systems (AMIS), to improve
market efficiencies and competitiveness;
• Promote the participation of the private sector in agricultural commodity
markets through farmer groups, cooperatives, aggregators, and
commercial agribusinesses;
• Promote Commodity Exchange Programmes;
• Maintain an open-border policy for agricultural trade;
• Maintain the FRA as a buyer of designated commodities and strictly for
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Chapter 7
Land Resource Management
The PF Government regards land as a birth right and a prerequisite to
national economic development and wealth creation for citizens. When the
party took over Government in 2011, the following challenges beset land
administration:
- No land policy;
- No segregation in land ownership, between Zambians and
non-Zambians;
- A manual system of allocating Title Deeds;
- A backlog of issuance of Certificate of Title;
- Numerous disputes among citizens over land ownership; and
- High deforestation rates, due to poor forest management
In order to resolve the challenges found in 2011 and move forward,
the PF government undertook the following measures:
- Formulated, validated and approved the National Land Policy;
- Continued with sporadic Titling through which 300,000 Title Deeds
were issued by end of 2020;
- Commenced the Systematic National Land Titling Program,
20 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026through which 53,453 Title Deeds have been issued by end of
2020;
- Amended and approved the transaction act to allow Digital signa-
tures and Digital certificates of Title;
- Commenced the National Land Audit, being carried out in conjunc-
tion with various stakeholders countrywide; and
- Disbursed a total of K90 million of the Land Development Fund, to
Ninety-one (91) Councils for Land Development.
Going forward, the PF Government shall maintain the Dual ( Custom-
ary and State) Land Ownership System and will ensure that:
- Land allocation is based on preference to Zambians and on utiliza-
tion capacity;
- At least 50% of land that is made available for alienation is allocat-
ed to women and 20% to youths, with a particular bias towards the
disabled;
- 80% of Public or Private Land to be on Title by 2026;
- The age for youths to acquire land is reduced from 21 to 18 years
of age;
- The Land Development Programme through Local Authorities will
continue with bias to establishing Resettlement Areas for vulnera-
ble groups;
- The Land Court is established, as a division of the High Court, so
as to decentralize the handling of land disputes;
- Integrated land-use planning involving related Government Minis-
tries in order to effectively allocate, manage and utilize land to be
completed by 2026;
- The Land Audit to be completed by 2026;
- Create a paperless registration system for Land transactions and a
digital record keeping for all Land;
- An accurate and reliable National Cadaster System is produced by
2026; and
- ICT is introduced for National Land Management by 2022.
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Chapter 8
Mines and Mineral Resources
Development
Zambia has a mining history that spans over 100 years. Whereas the sector
plays an important role in employment creation, revenue generation and
urbanisation, the country’s real benefits from this sector have been dismal,
particularly after privatization in the 1990s. In addition, the participation of
Zambians in the ownership of the mines has been almost non-existent.
The main mining activity is large-scale copper mining while the production,
processing and export of other minerals remain underdeveloped.
Since forming Government in 2011, the PF undertook the following measures:
• Changed the mining tax regime, in order to increase Government
revenue;
• Changed the mining tax regime, to encourage value addition of minerals
within Zambia;
• Amended the Mines and Minerals Development Act to declare as
strategic, selected minerals such as gold;
• Established a parastatal the Zambia Gold Company (ZamGold), to
handle all trade in gold;
22 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026• Localized the auctioning of emeralds;
Going forward, the PF Government shall undertake the following
measures:
• Establish a Mining Regulatory Authority to monitor and regulate the
operations of the mining industry;
• Expand ZamGold, to process and add value to minerals;
• Introduce a financing scheme that will guarantee citizens’ participation in
share-holding in companies in the mining value chains;
• Facilitate the acquisition of majority shares in Mopani Copper Mines
(MCM) and in Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) by ZCCM-IH;
• Implement the amended Mines and Minerals Development Act, to
declare as strategic, selected minerals, such as gold to be reserved for
Zambians.
• Encourage the mining of other minerals, such as gemstones, gold,
nickel, manganese, iron and industrial minerals;
• Promulgate and enforce policies to raise the participation of Zambians
in the value chain;
• Develop and adopt policies that make capacity-building of citizens in
the management of mines through sponsorship, apprenticeship and in-
house training are preconditions for investments in mining;
• Formalise and empower artisanal and small-scale mining especially
among youths and women;
• Support the processing of minerals and gemstones locally;
• Increase the types of gemstones to be auctioned locally;
• Position the country to be a leading manufacturer of electrical cables,
copper-based accessories and manganese batteries for the growing
electric car market;
• Continue optimizing the mine tax regime to ensure that minerals benefit
Zambia;
• Formulate policies to reserve quotas for Zambians in the mining supply
chain, in procurement of goods and services and in employment; and
• Continue promoting petroleum, oil and gas exploration starting with the
57 identified blocks.
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Chapter 9
Energy Development
Energy is central to the effective management of any economy. Zambia
spends over one billion US dollars on the procurement of energy per year.
When the PF formed government in 2011, power generation capacity was at
1600 MW. The last major addition to the electricity grid had been in 1977 when
the Kariba North Bank Power station was commissioned, and two additional
generators were installed at Kafue Gorge power station. Since then, there
had been no investment in electricity generation, notwithstanding the fact
that there was growing demand for electricity for industrial and domestic use.
Against this background, the PF Government has almost doubled electricity
generation capacity in the 9 years it has been in government. Currently the
total capacity stands at 2800MW. Over the years the following have been
installed:
• Kariba North Bank Power Station 360 MW
• The Itezhi -Tezhi hydro Power Station 120 MW;
• In 2015, the new Lunzua was upgraded to 14.8 MW;
• The Musonda Falls Power Station in Mansa was upgraded from 5 MW to
10 MW to supply power to 7 districts.
24 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026• In 2012, the Shiwang’andu 1 MW mini hydro power Station;
• In 2013, Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation Project
(LTDRP) of 900MVA;
• In 2016, the 330 kV Pensulo-Msoro-Kasama and Pensulo-Msoro-
Chipata Grid Transmission lines;
• In 2017 the connection of 7 districts in Northwestern province and one
district in Western Province; and
• The PF Government created an enabling environment for independent
power producers to undertake the following projects:
• 300 MW Maamba Collieries Ltd (MCL);
• 120 MW Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation (ITPC);
• 54 MW Bangweulu’s solar park;
• 105 MW Ndola Energy Company (NEC) Thermal power plant
capacity;
• 56 MW Lunsemfwa hydro power company;
• 34 MW Ngonye solar PV plant;
• 0.75 MW Zengamina Power Company (ZPC); and
• North Western Energy Company (NWEC), privately owned,
involved in distribution and supply of electricity.
Going forward, the PF Government shall build on this remarkable success
and turn Zambia into an electricity hub for the region by increasing power
generation. This will improve the quality of supply domestically, thereby
ending load-shedding and having excess power for the export market.
During this transitional period, electricity tariffs (prices) have had to increase
to attract investment into the sector. After meeting demand, the tariffs will
start to reduce. The driver of increased supply will be the following public and
private power-generation projects:
ZESCO developing the Kafue Gorge lower 750MW hydro power station;
ZESCO upgrading the Lusiwasi Lower Hydro power station from 12 to
86MW and ZESCO developing Lusiwasi Upper Hydro Scheme at 15MW;
and Kalungwishi hydro power station 245MW. Feasibility studies underway
to develop 600MW on the Luapula River and the 1200MW Batoka Gorge
Hydropower Project between Zambia and Zimbabwe; and Energy
Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026 25diversification by embracing solar energy, nuclear power, thermal power,
wind power, bio-mass, and ethanol is underway. In addition, the following
power-transmission projects shall be commissioned: 330KV Kabwe Step-
downs – Pensulo Transmission Line No. 2; 330 KV Kasama – Nakonde
Transmission line; Luangwa Connection to the national grid; Lundazi and
Chama connections to the national grid; Sesheke-Mongu-Shangombo
Transmission Line; 330 KV Luano-Kansashi Transmission Line; and 330 KV
Pensulo Substation.
To ensure that Zambia exports power to other countries, the PF Government
will complete the following on-going projects: Reinforcement of Central
Transmission Corridor (2022); Kolwezi - Solwezi Interconnector (2023);
Reactive Power Compensation (2024); Mozambique - Zambia Interconnector
(2024); Malawi - Zambia Interconnector (2024); ZIZABONA Transmission
Line (2024); and Zambia - Tanzania Interconnector (2025).
Addressing the Cost of Electricity
The PF Government is concerned about the increasing cost of electricity and
shall undertake the following measures to address it:
• Finalise the reform programme for ZESCO to stabilise power supply and
address liquidity challenges at ZESCO;
• Complete the Cost of Service Study to facilitate cost reflective tariffs;
• Facilitate for citizens to participate in the generation, distribution and
supply of energy in accordance with the Electricity Act No. 11 of 2019;
• Foster the development of regional Interconnectors for the supply of
electricity to the region;
• Implement the provisions of the Electricity Act No. 11 of 2019 to allow
open market access to enable other offtakers to participate in the
generation, distribution and supply of electricity;
• Encourage and facilitate utilization of (LPG and bio-mass) gas for
cooking;
• Scale-up power generation;
• Scale-up use of solar energy;
• Compel the use of led lights;
• Encourage and facilitate the use of energy-saving measures; and
26 Manifesto of the Patriotic Front 2021-2026• Phase out electric geysers in all public properties (hotels, lodges).
Oil Energy
Zambia’s imported crude oil is pumped through a 1,711-km pipeline from
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Indeni Oil Refinery in Ndola. Refined products
are transported by rail or road into Zambia, by Oil Marketing Companies
(OMCs).
The following are the challenges in Zambia’s fuel value chain, inherited
by the PF Government:
• High costs added by a chain of middle men;
• Oil marketing in Zambia dominated by non-Zambians;
• Strengthening of the US dollar against major currencies that has made
the importation of fuel costly;
• High transport costs, high guarantors’ costs, and astronomical oil
marketing company margins;
• High fuel levy which increased the cost of fuel;
• Disproportionate pricing between rural and urban areas;
• Frequent closures of Indeni Oil Refinery; and
• Subsidies of fuel prices largely consumed by mines, thereby diverting
resources from social services.
Since 2011, the PF Government undertook the following interventions:
• Completed the construction of provincial oil storage tanks;
• Rehabilitated Indeni Oil Refinery;
• Standardized fuel prices across the country;
• Removed fuel subsidies and fuel levy to balance the price of fuel;
• Removed customs duty on fuel tankers, to encourage Zambians to
participate in oil marketing;
• Introduced quotas for Zambian companies to market oil;
• Issued numerous oil exploration licenses, especially for Zambians.
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